Family Resources

Child Care

Note: The rates listed here are guidelines to give you an idea about how much childcare costs. For detailed information please contact the childcare centers.

Cambridge Day School
610-868-4665
3986 Township Line Rd., Bethlehem, PA.
Infants: $178/week
1 year olds: $175/week
2 year olds: $165/week
3 year olds: $155/week
4 year olds: $155/week

Community Services for Children, Inc.
610-437-6000
1520 Hanover Ave., Allentown.
Head Start and early Head Start programs, plus information on the following for the Lehigh Valley area: childcare services, subsidies for childcare, and childcare referrals.

Creative Kids Club Learning childcare centers and schools:

Lehigh Valley Industrial Park IV
90 South Commerce Way, Suite 480
Bethlehem, PA 18017-8618
610-868-3533 (voice) 610-866-7706 (fax)
e-mail: ckclvip4@nni.com

Shafer Elementary School
49 South Liberty Street
Nazareth, PA 18064-2333
610-759-0716 (voice) 610-759-0720 (fax)
e-mail: ckcshafer@nni.com

Lehigh Valley Academy
1560 Valley Center Parkway
Bethlehem, PA 18017
610-730-3241 (voice) 610-866-7706 (fax)
e-mail: ckcshafer@nni.com

Funtime Daycare & Learning Center
610-868-4500
523-25 S. Clewell Street, Bethelehem (Near La Fontana Pizzeria in Fountain Hill)
Young Toddler Care: Full time $36/day; Part time $21.30/day
Older Toddler Care: Full time $23.90/day; Part time $20/day
Pre-School (3-5 years): Full time $23/day; Part Time $20/day

Holy Ghost Preschool (Catholic on the Southside)
610-867-5939
444 Montclair Ave , Bethlehem
$30 non-refundable registration fee
Two-day Program $522/year $58/month
Three-day Program $720/year $80/month
Four-day Program $864/year $96/month

Lehigh University Child Care Center
610-758-KIDS
5 Duh Drive #31 Saucon Village Apartment Complex
Full-time: $145.00/week
Part-time: 115.00/week

Lehigh Valley Child Care's Campus Center
610-865-6444
410 East 5th Street, Bethlehem
http://www.lvchildcare.org/

Saucon Valley Community Center
610-838-0722
323 Northampton Street, P.O. Box 111, Hellertown
School age before and after school: $100
Toddlers/Pre-school/Kindergarten part-time: $105/week-$115/week
Toddlers/Pre-school/Kindergarten full-time: $115/week-$145/week

Counciling & Social Services

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Lehigh Valley
(610) 439-1618
33 North 15 th Street , Allentown , PA 18102
Provides male/female role models for children ages 7-14. The program focuses on friendships rather than activities.

Childline and Abuse Registry
1-800-932-0313
Hillcrest Building (2nd Fl.)
Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105-267
Call to report suspected child abuse. All phone calls are confidential. You may remain anonymous.

Children's Rights of PA
610 437 2971 (24 hour hotline)
Box 43672 , Allentown , PA 18105
Missing children search. Puts missing children pictures on TA and in newspapers. No charge for consultation.

Kidspeace National Centers
(610)799-8493/7912
Services for children and families in crisis.

Pinebrook Services for Children & Youth
(610)432-3919, ext 229
Child advocacy services.

Valley Youth House
(610)820-0166
Social services for children and youth.

Culture, Education & Recreation

Bethlehem Public Library
610-867-3761
11 W. Church St . Bethlehem , PA 18018
Many different activities including story time for children every morning except Sundays, and a bookmobile that stops at Saucon Village every other Wednesday afternoon.

Recreation Departments
Allentown 610-437-7756
Bethlehem 610-865-7081
Hellertown 610-838-7041

Rose Garden Children's Festival
610-865-7113
8 th Ave. , Bethlehem
Outdoor children's festival in June held at Bethlehem 's Rose Garden.

Saucon Valley Community Center
610-838-0722
323 Northampton Street, P.O. Box 111 , Hellertown

Touchstone Theatre Weekend Children's Series
610-867-1689
321 East Fourth Street

YWCA
Allentown 610-434-9333
Bethlehem 610-867-4669

ZeeK! At Zoellner Arts Center
610-758-2787 to join
420 East Packer Ave. (corner of Filmore St.)
Children must be accompanied by an adult (each accompanying adult ticket is just $3).

State & Federal Support Programs

Child Health Insurance Program
877-54-7669
Pennsylvania 's Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a "program to provide quality health insurance for children of working families who otherwise could not afford it. It is not a welfare program."

Head Start
610-437-6000, ext. 2354
1520 Hanover Ave. , Allentown
Head Start is a free, federally-funded pre-school program that "serves the child development needs of preschool children (birth through age five) and their low-income families."

The agency picks up and drops off children from their homes. There is an Early Head Start program designed to help mothers from pregnancy until the child is 3 years-old.

For 3 year-olds, there is a home-based program in which agency personnel go to the home to work with the mother, and the child goes to the agency for 4.5 hours in the classroom every other Friday.

For children who are 4 years-old (and five years-old in some cities), the child spends 4.5 hours a day, Monday -Thursday at a Head Start classroom closest to the family home. Eligibility depends on family size and income.

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
1-800-692-7462
The state of Pennsylvania offers Cash Assistance, Food Stamps, Medical Assistance and a Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Programs are based on various eligibility criteria.

Women, Infant and Children Progam
610-691-6491
520 East 4 th Street , Bethlehem
The WIC Program is a free, federally-funded program designed "to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care."

Eligibility depends on family size and income.